Universal #1109

Legacy number: 1109

 Number  1105
 Original  The absolute or nominative form of a noun will be used in citation.
 Standardized  The absolute or nominative form of a noun will be used in citation.
 Keywords  nominative case, absolutive case, semantics
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages surveyed in Dixon 1995
 Source  Dixon 1995: 57

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Discussion
Counterexamples
In systems with “marked nominative”, it is the unmarked ‘accusative’ case that is used in citation forms; see #6.
Notes
Cf. #310.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=310"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">